Adjunct Instructor, Japanese

Job Summary

Face-to-face position to teach first- and second-year Japanese courses. The position is part of the most successful World Languages program at the college. Responsibilities include teaching two or more sections a semester, supporting with the World Languages Coordinator, and serving for a minimum of one hour a week at the Center for Languages.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Become familiar with and abide by all college policies.
• Maintain professional etiquette in communications with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
• Provide appropriate and timely feedback for all assignments.
• Return graded assignments in a timely fashion per department standards.
• Maintain student attendance records (for Financial Aid purposes) and grades.
• Conduct a variety of appropriate evaluations of student performance.
• Inform students of progress-to-date periodically and assigns and submits grades by published deadlines.
• Absorb and implement best practices in foreign language pedagogy.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and mutually respectful instructional environment.
• Prepare and submit incident reports to Dean of Student Services for inappropriate student behavior as defined by the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy.
• Communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds.
• Work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Work with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, linguistics, or culture), or a related language degree.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in the target language.
• Native or near-native level of fluency in English.
• Experience or interest in teaching either online or livestream modes in addition to face-to-face.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.A. or Ph.D. in the target language (literature, culture, or linguistics) or a related language degree.
• Native level of fluency in the target language, or a ranking of Advanced-Mid or higher as scored by an official Oral Proficiency Interview of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• Knowledge of decolonial studies and gender-neutral language.
• Two or more years of experience teaching beginning and intermediate language at the college level.
• Training in foreign language pedagogy and knowledge of best practices.
• Skilled in the use of Canvas or other learning management systems.
• Knowledge of and experience in computer-assisted learning, and online language instructional methodologies.